Thread: whats a good price on a paint job

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i always dry sand filler . any polyester will suck up moisture.

Roger I was told the same thing, and to use epoxy primer if you aren't able to top coat right away.

Sanding polyester primer wet is not a problem due to the fact that it is put over an already hardened epoxy primer. The moisture of wet sanding won't penetrate and even it it does, the epoxy is a barrier against the moisture already.

polyester primer is nothing more than sprayable filler . it will absorb moisture just like filler will. even sanded fiberglass will absorb moisture. if you do wet sand it let it have time to dry out. it's not so much moisture getting to the metal as it is trapping moisture in the filler or primer.

If you get the body slick enuff, can't you just roll it on with a Walmart roller and pan?

That shop towel look

cool, looks like a bunch of nekkid wimmin'

Originally Posted by MelloYello

cool, looks like a bunch of nekkid wimmin'

you realy are a "DOM" arent you

No women there, it's galloping horses!!!

Hot rod mag several years ago, did a article on a roll-on rustoleum paint job. It was extremely labor intensive, but extremely cheap and end product looked pretty good.

( in response to the joking comment about rolling on paint )

I was talking to a friend yesterday who had just finished wet sanding and polishing a Falcon for a buddy. The guy had spent several months getting everything straight, and then filling & sanding to perfection. They hauled it to a local truck shop on a weekend where one of the guys had permission to use the paint booth. He said that the guy spent $3,800 in materials - filler, tape, masking paper, sand paper, primer and paint. That's just materials, no labor as his friends donated their time to pay back old favors.

wonder why rat rods are popular???????????????????/

Sad, Sad deal, but I could be the poster child for Epoxy Primer. Not long after I had my chassis in primer & friend of mine talked me into taking it to a drag strip reunion. RAINED ALL AFTERNOON.

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That was in 2006. All these years later, sitting on concrete, hot humid summers, Getting pushed outside from time to time, Sometimes days under a tarp outside. The only rust is where I've wiped the primer off to do some fabricating.

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Take a shot at it yourself if you've got the space and a decent compressor. Eastwood, Summit, and TCP Global all have reasonably priced single stage eurothanes and it sounds like that would serve your purpose. You have to remember, every professional painter painted his first car at some point. You Tube has about a million do it yourself videos these days. Get one panel finished at a time, do your research, practice spraying on an old fender or hood; you might surprise yourself at how it comes out. TCP sells a single stage eurothane that you dont add a reducer; I was blown away at how easy this stuff lays out and how nice it looks. It's around $100 a gallon with the hardner and they have a lot of color choices.